KIEV, Oct. 31 ??“ Over one third of businessmen from various regions of Ukraine expect the political situation to hurt business in 2007, according to a poll conducted by the KPD 100 ad-hoc marketing research company.

Asked how state policy would influence business next year, 37.5% of respondents said the influence would be negative, 42.2% said that it would neutral, 12% said it will be positive, and 7.6% refused to answer.